Summary: The Lundquist Institute (“TLI”) seeks a creative and organized professional to serve as Graphic Designer. This position will assist in supporting the Institute’s communications team by creating materials that advance our communications efforts. As the communications team builds in-house capacity, we are seeking candidates who value collaboration, creative solutions, and teamwork.
Responsibilities:
● Design visual content for print and digital applications that is on-brand, reinforces our status and reputation, and is appropriate for our various audiences
● Design and layout of materials for internal communications and engagement with our board of directors
● Design and layout of essential business materials (e.g. business cards, presentations)
● Create infographics and presentation materials to simplify communication of complex concepts and data
● Edit video clips for use on social media platforms
● Create short videos to highlight, recap, and promote various endeavors and events
● Work autonomously and develop high-quality concepts with minimal instruction
● Manage timelines and prioritization of workload, and know when to ask for direction
● Assist team in developing and executing communications plans
● Provide technical support for design- and video-related efforts
● Optimize graphics and video content for social media platforms
● Maintain organized content files, and help to organize and archive existing video and graphics files
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, marketing, graphic design, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 3 years related professional experience in a production environment
• Strong visual communications skills, including the ability to communicate complex concepts and data through images
• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Thorough proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (mainly InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop), Microsoft Office Suite, Drop Box, iMovie, and G Suite
• Proficiency with best practices for graphics and video content on social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok)
• Technically knowledgeable with the ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with colleagues
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines
• Flexibility in working with new issues, topics, and approaches.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Interest in biomedical research, eagerness to learn
• Some Drupal CMS knowledge
• Project management
• Data visualization
• Constant Contact, Mail Chimp or similar
• HTML, PHP